Cool Baros puts paid to Millwall threat

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WHO said the League Cup did not matter? On the evidence of the teamsheet it may have looked as if Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, took it less than seriously, but this was a full-blooded cup-tie that, at times, boiled over. The sight of riot police inside any stadium is never welcome, but the authorites were taking no chances at a match during which both sets of fans were antagonistic.

Surely Benítez, perhaps hoping for a footballing interlude, was shocked by the degree of passion. But what looked like a difficult night on the pitch for his youthful side was